My Freshman Year
The main thing I connected to the most in My Freshman Year was when the author was talking about the summer homework the freshman had to finish before their first classes. As a freshman class at Bloomsburg, we had a summer assignment where we had to watch clips of previous graduations and explain how we would change from our freshman year to our senior year. During our first days here, we had meetings about this assignment but just like me, not many people did not take it that seriously and had nothing really to talk about when we were asked questions about it. The author had the same response at her college when the freshman were told to do the summer assignment. Another connection I made was how the CA at her college had community days where they would try getting their whole floor together to participate in a planned activity. When we did this at Bloomsburg, most people did not like the tight structure it had and would rather make friends with the people living around them in their own time and in their own way.
The Mind at Work
In the Mind at Work, I enjoyed the beginning of the book and how the compared the different type of occupations people have. Some people have to physically work out their bodies during their jobs, while others would have to work out their minds. Many people in my family have had different kind of jobs where some tell me stories where they barely work at all and make more money than those who work very hard all day, but still only make minimum wage. Compared to My Freshman Year, I thought that the story line of The Mind at Work was not as connectable and enjoyable as My Freshman Year. Maybe once I really enter the workplace, I will have more connections to the story instead of me still being a freshman in college.
The main thing I connected to the most in My Freshman Year was when the author was talking about the summer homework the freshman had to finish before their first classes. As a freshman class at Bloomsburg, we had a summer assignment where we had to watch clips of previous graduations and explain how we would change from our freshman year to our senior year. During our first days here, we had meetings about this assignment but just like me, not many people did not take it that seriously and had nothing really to talk about when we were asked questions about it. The author had the same response at her college when the freshman were told to do the summer assignment. Another connection I made was how the CA at her college had community days where they would try getting their whole floor together to participate in a planned activity. When we did this at Bloomsburg, most people did not like the tight structure it had and would rather make friends with the people living around them in their own time and in their own way.
The Mind at Work
In the Mind at Work, I enjoyed the beginning of the book and how the compared the different type of occupations people have. Some people have to physically work out their bodies during their jobs, while others would have to work out their minds. Many people in my family have had different kind of jobs where some tell me stories where they barely work at all and make more money than those who work very hard all day, but still only make minimum wage. Compared to My Freshman Year, I thought that the story line of The Mind at Work was not as connectable and enjoyable as My Freshman Year. Maybe once I really enter the workplace, I will have more connections to the story instead of me still being a freshman in college.